A thing of beauty

Usually, people only notice a proofreader's work when he makes a mistake. In that respect, proofreaders are like bodyguards, safety inspectors, and others whose work is spotlighted more often for its failures than for its successes.
But I want to stop and pay tribute to the person (or more likely, persons) who proofread Lonesome Dove (20th anniversary Hardback edition). I was about halfway through this 864-page novel when I realized that I hadn't seen a misspelling, a typo, or a misplaced bit of punctuation anywhere. If I hadn't already had proofreading on the brain, i'd never have thought of it at all....which is the POINT of a proofreader's work. And it's typeset nicely too: wide pages with just the right amount of text. I was suddenly inspired to redouble my efforts at my own proofreading and copyediting work. I'd like to produce books that are so error-free that the reader will, as it were, meet the author face-to-face without the abominable Mr. Misspelling and Ms. Error interrupting the conversation, making rude noises and putting on distracting faces.